BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992) - photo 1

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

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£ 350 000
Auction dateClassic
22.03.2022 06:30UTC +01:00
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ID 728607
Lot 12 | BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

White Sacred Baboon

signed 'Whiteley' (lower centre); signed again, dated and inscribed '"WHITE SACRED BABOON"/Dec-APRIL/1964-65/Brett Whiteley' (on the reverse)

oil, tempera, aluminium, collage and wax on canvas, mounted on board

74 x 60 in. (188 x 152.4 cm.)

Painted in 1964-65.







Provenance

with Marlborough Fine Art, London.

with Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide.

Mr and Mrs John D. Murchison, Texas.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Melbourne, 14 May 2013, lot 2, where purchased by the present owner.





Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Brett Whiteley: Zoo and Christie Series, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1965, n.p., no. 1, illustrated.

E. Wolfram, 'Zoo Story: Rillington Place', The Arts Review, Vol. XVII, No. 20, London, 16 October 1965, p. 14.

E. Lynn, 'The Picture of Horror', The Australian, Sydney, 12 March 1966, p. 9, as 'Sacred White Baboon'.

K. Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-67, Melbourne, 2010, p. 282, no. MM16.

K. Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné: 1955-1992, Vol. 1, Victoria, 2020, p. 24, illustrated.

K. Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné: 1955-1992, Vol. 7, Victoria, 2020, p. 157, no. 92.64.





Exhibited

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Brett Whiteley: Zoo and Christie Series, October 1965, no.1.

Adelaide, Bonython Art Gallery, Recent Works from London by Brett Whiteley, January - February 1966, no. 1, catalogue not traced.

Sydney, Hungry Horse Gallery, Recent Works by Brett Whiteley, March 1966, no. 1, catalogue not traced.

Melbourne, Australian Galleries, 23 Items by Brett Whiteley, September - October 1966, no. 3, catalogue not traced.





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